1 . 从所给短语中(一个多余)选择并用其正确形式完成句子。

behind the scenes                      not to mention             in addition to                  do justice to over the long term                    do wonders                    pull up                           stick with put the finishing touches to        make up for                    in response to

1. It’s far too late for you to go out and play football,________the fact that it’s raining.
2. ________working with the animals, there are also opportunities to explore the beautiful scenery in the area.
3. The red car________too fast and hit the shoulder of the road.
4. Frankly speaking, the introduction to Selected Poems________the talented poet
5. It’s an exciting opportunity to learn what goes on________.
6. ________, such measures will only worsen the situations
7. The old professor is________his painting.
8. Fortunately, the good weather________the bad organization and everyone enjoyed themselves a lot
9. ________public needs, the government has passed laws to limit tobacco(烟草) production.
10. If you’re in a job that keeps you busy and confident,________it.

2 . 选择正确的短语填空。

cause global warming, pick up, sharing cars, get stuck in a traffic jam, are addicted to, make excuses, protect the environment, do a lot of harm

Many people often     1     when they go to work. How annoyed and stressful they often feel! But the problem is that the number of cars is still going up. Traffic pollution has been found to       2     and climate change to a large degree.

Too many cars     3     to the environment and our health. Some advice has been given for people to help     4     , for example, using public transport or     5     , doing your shopping in the shop just around the corner instead of driving to the other side of town. However, people       6     using cars. They     7     for using their cars, “I need to     8     my daughter. What can I do?”

3 . 用方框中单词的适当形式完成下列句子,每个单词只能用一次。

cheer…up     be capable of     upside down     make an effort to     scare…away     be fed up with

1. I turned the apartment ________ but I couldn’t find the letter.
2. Mary ________ being treated like a child when she attended the senior secondary school.
3. Research shows that a force ten wind ________ blowing the roofs off houses.
4. She was sick so I sent her some flowers to ________ her ________.
5. She moved quietly to avoid ________ the birds ________.

4 . 用方框中单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每个单词只能用一次。

benefit       appropriate       extend       strength       decorate       satisfy

1. The organization’s aim is to ________ the cultural ties between China and America.
2. The discovery of oil brought many ________ to the town.
3. She looked at the finished painting with ________.
4. She didn’t think we were ________ dressed for a wedding.
5. The chairman ________ a warm welcome to the guest speaker in yesterday’s graduation ceremony.

5 . 选择适当的短语并用正确的形式补全句子，使句子完整。(其中有2项是多余的。)

fall apart, work out, in ruins, suffer from, calm down, sweep away, refer to, rather than, come along, compare with, in shock, crash into

1. It is said that he ________ ________ high blood pressure.
2. Everyone was ________ ________, thinking the world must be coming to an end.
3. Their friendship finally ________ ________ and they became enemies.
4. He ________ ________ at the gym every day before he injured his leg.
5. A kind-hearted man ________ ________ and offered to help me.
6. Many bridges were ________ ________ by the flood.
7. Finally, I stopped ________ myself ________ actresses and models.
8. His mother never ________ ________ the matter again.
9. ________ ________ have the radio repaired, he’d like to buy a new one.
10. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly ________ ________.

6 . 根据语境选择方框内词块，以适当形式填空，每个词块只填一次，有一个是多余的，每空不超过三个单词。

lie in	melt away	argue with
can’t wait to	remind sb. of	be likely
be used to	have confidence in	shoot up
put simply	be stressed about	make a contribution
stick to

1. You may feel anxious that you are developing at a different rate to your friends, ________ in height or getting left behind.
2. ________, potential is your natural ability that can be developed when you try hard enough.
3. The possibilities are endless, and I ________ your ability to make a difference to your family, to your community, and to our country.
4. You can place the list on your bedside table, or you can put it up on your bedroom wall. This will ________ what you are working for and keep you focused.
5. After you set a goal, it is important to ________ it and work hard towards it.
6. Before you write your post, however, take a look at other users’ posts first. It ________ that the matter has already been discussed on our forum. If your problem is a new one, write a post about it.
7. To tell the truth, I often struggle to get along with him. Recently we ________ each other a great deal.
8. I don’t know what home is, but unhappiness and worries ________ once there.
9. I tell them that I ________ schoolwork, but neither of them show any concern.
10. Although there was not as much homework as I ________, it was still challenging.
11. I ________ describe to you what senior high school life is like.
12. Class discussion is very important in the UK, but I couldn’t ________ because sometimes I wasn’t able to express myself clearly in English.

7 . Direction: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

The King and the Royal Trees

A. handsome       B. helplessly       C. asleep        D. observed        E. remove       F. freezingly        G. damage       H. content       I. awe       J. pick       K. provided

The King had a frightful dream. He dreamt that while riding his horse through the Royal Forest, the south wind called: “Mind the falling tees! Mind the falling trees!”

Though the trees were beautiful and waved gently in the wind, the King was in     1    . He turned his horse and dashed out of the forest.

The next morning the King ordered his people to cut down all the trees in the kingdom. “We do not want the trees to fall down and hurt our children,” he reasoned. “We will     2     the forest and grow vegetables instead.”

The people liked the King’s idea, for now they had their     3     of the finest wood in the forest to build houses and furniture. And the rest of the trees were sold at     4     prices to neighboring kingdoms.

Once all of the trees were cut down, the King felt     5    —and relieved. But the people were gloomy. They missed the trees, which had     6     work for loggers and carpenters, and homes for birds. Although they sadly missed their work, they missed the birds most of all.

Soon after the trees were gone, a dry south wind began to blow. It blew day after day. The vegetable crops began to wither and die. People huddled(蜷缩)     7     in their houses watching the wind uproot their gardens and scatter the dead plants across the land.

The King was worried. He called for his horse and rode through the fields to inspect the     8     There were no more trees to break the fury of the wind. As the wind blew faster, it swept withered plants and soil past the King, who     9     dumbly as his kingdom blew northward.

Lost in clouds of dust and drifting sand, fatigue overcame the King. Nodding     10     in the saddle(马鞍), he heard the south wind call: “Mind the falling trees! Mind the falling tees!”

8 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. smarts   B. strategies   C. signal     D. guideline     E. normal       F. automatic G. challenged   H. deceives     I. target     J. suspended       K. disturbance

Spiders are Smarter than We Think

People tend to associate intelligence with brain size. As a general     1    , this makes sense: the more brain cells, the more mental capabilities. Humans, and many of the other animals we have come to think of as intelligent, such as chimpanzees and dolphins, all have large brains. And it’s long been assumed that the smallest brains simply don’t have the capacity to support complex mental processes. But what if we are wrong and they actually do?

“Spiders are one case where this general idea is     2    ”, said Dimitar Dimitrove of the University Museum of Bergen in Norway, “Behaviors that can be described as ‘cognitive’, as opposed to     3     responses, are fairly common among spiders.” Jumping spiders are the undisputed champions of cognition among spiders. The jumping spiders shown to have the most impressive     4     belong to the genus(属)Portia, found in Africa, Asia and Australia. These spiders prefer to hunt other spiders and have     5     tailored to each species they prey on.

When hunting another group of jumping spiders called Euryattus, Portia employs a clever trick. Euryattus females build nests in curled-up dead leaves     6     in air by silk attached to rocks or vegetation. Courting males crawl down the silk ropes, stand on top of the nest, and shake it in a specific way. The     7     draws the female out of the nest.

To pursue a spider that also eats Jumping spiders, Portia     8     it into moving closer by plucking（拔）some of the silk strands of its web. If the     9     spider is relatively small, Portia plucks the web to imitate a trapped insect, prompting the spider to rush over, thinking it is about to have a meal—only to become one itself. But if the spider is bigger and potentially more dangerous, Portia may copy a gentle     10     similar to a fruit fly contacting a single strand at the edge of the web that the spider will slowly wander over to inspect. As soon as the target is close enough, Portia pounces and strikes with its poisonous long sharp teeth.

9 . 从方框中选出合适的短语，用其正确形式完成句子。

face to face             keep in mind                    thanks to                    in the lead             make an apology apply for                    look forward to             come across             be aware of             what’s up

1. With only 100 metres to go, Tom is ________, so he is very likely to win the game.
2. I’m ________ seeing his new film as soon as possible.
3. The two have never met ________ before — this is the first time.
4. Wherever you are, you should always ________ that you are a Chinese.
5. ________ you timely help, we finished the work just before the deadline.
6. He ________ his old friend on the street yesterday.
7. I think you should ________ to your brother for being so rude to him.
8. There was a loud noise downstairs, so he went to find out ________.
9. If you want to ________ a job at the office where I work, I’ll help you.
10. He ________ his mistake after his teacher pointed out.

10 . 根据句意，选择短语并以其适当形式填空。

1. Girls________boys greatly in learning styles.
2. When exposed to danger, men________increase blood pressure, feeling nervous or anxious.
3. He thought about going to see them________after that.
4. ________, I think it’s not wise of you to buy these goods at such a high price. They are old fashioned.
5. More than 30 people________the position last year.
6. By the end of the century, if not sooner, the world’s oceans will be bluer and greener thanks to a warming climate, ________a new study.
7. As high school students, we have grown up and should________ourselves.
8. Zhang Guimei devotes her life to teaching and has________the education career of China.
9. Don’ t worry, Mary. You will________this climate before long.
10. Having stayed at home for a long time, she________returning to work soon.